Limited edition Lego Mindstorms NXT brings back a decade of memories

We'll just go ahead and warn you -- don't even think of giving the read link any attention if you're both a) a Lego freak and b) strapped for cash. Otherwise, you'll definitely be $169.99 further away from paying the light bill next month, as the limited edition Mindstorms Black NXT Brick is simply a must-have item for even amateur collectors. The device, which was created to celebrate ten years of Mindstorms, boasts four input ports, a trio of output ports for motors, a large dot-matrix display, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, a 32-bit microprocessor and a digital wire interface for third-party developments. We'd get in line now if you want to be assured of a piece come March 3rd, but that's totally your call.

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[nicksilvestri Posted Feb 28th 2009 10:41PM]

hey that's an RCX!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 1st 2009 1:54PM]

Best. Brick. Ever.

[MastrCake Posted Feb 28th 2009 10:45PM]

Yes, I remember Mindstorms.

BEST THING EVAAARRRR!!!! But then I got into video games, got fat, and stopped building things. Maybe it's time to end the Killzone 2 sessions, hit the gym, and start building robots!

Nah. But I will consider the robot part.

[weirdo557 Posted Feb 28th 2009 10:54PM]

no no no, it's time to build robots that go to the gym for you while you play killzone 2.

[Shravan Posted Feb 28th 2009 10:54PM]

Whoa ! I'm not here to invite the fury of fanboys, but this thing seems to have better specs than an iPhone !
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LowRank !

[weirdo557 Posted Feb 28th 2009 10:55PM]

*fixed


Whoa ! I'm here to invite the fury of fanboys. this thing seems to be in no way related to the iphone.
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HighRank !

[Eleazar Posted Mar 1st 2009 12:26AM]

Are you implying that we lowrankers have a predictible way of doing things? that's offensive.

[Steve2000 Posted Mar 1st 2009 3:59AM]

Does it allow you to play fart sounds? Does it have a flashlight app? No. Lego sucks. Meccano is what future engineers play with.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 1st 2009 7:11AM]

if meccano is what future engineers play with, FischerTechnik is what REAL engineers play with.

[R2DEVO Posted Mar 1st 2009 10:56AM]

@steve

NXT can do both of those (play custom sound files and turn on a light). I got nothing against Meccano, though.
Just wish the NXT had more I/O.

/FLL coach

[Lando Calrissian Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:05PM]

I remember getting the original Mindstorms for Christmas and I still have the set and it all works fine, with the exception of one of the motors (Legos + a teething Malamute puppy = chewed up motor), I would pull it out and totally use it if I could find the IR transmitter so I can program the thing. LEGOsheets was my first programming language and I never knew it!

[Shravan Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:11PM]

Hmm..I expected this. So let me do the dumb thing of explaining a joke to people like you. If lego blocks can have bluetooth dont you think its time your iPhone had good uncrippled bluetooth ? Just a thought..
Cheers mate

[shul Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:13AM]

Yes

[newreformation Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:18PM]

Who thinks the thing on the right looks like a old Iriver player?

[CheesusCrust Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:22PM]

You.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:32PM]

Dejavu

[JeremyBenthem Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:50PM]

Black! it's just what I've been waiting for...wait no I've been waiting for more I/O, and a slimmer profile, maybe another 20 years

[Ineptitude Posted Mar 1st 2009 3:01AM]

When I was a kid legos did one thing: they snapped together. When I got older I got a box with some batteries and a switch that would run a motor with some gears. By that time I had discovered McMaster-Carr and was building real stuff.

Now that I'm a kid again I'm definitely buying this!

[michaspi Posted Mar 1st 2009 5:52AM]

I remember wanting one of these when I was a kid, but mommy said it was too expensive ;_;

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 1st 2009 8:57AM]

same. but then I got older and bought it myself. BAM!

[TheMike Posted Mar 1st 2009 7:35AM]

I had one of them RCX beasts when I was younger! :D
I still have it somewhere, it was an utterly fantastic toy. I got rather good with it I must admit. The hours I lost mucking around with that thing....

[PubeLess Posted Mar 1st 2009 10:52AM]

man when my grandma bought it for me when i was like 12 or well anyways i was young. i didnt know what i was doing, had no idea where to start and i just stoped playing with it. god i wish i knew what i know now. bummer big time.